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William Alan "Bill" Dickey is a one of the four main characters in Evan Dorkin's Eltingville comics and the Welcome to Eltingville animated pilot. He serves as the de facto President and Secretary of Comic Books for "The Eltingville Club," He is 19 years old.

Bill lives with his mother, who is heard but not seen in the pilot; his father divorced her between the first and second comics and is briefly mentioned there. The pilot gives him a younger sister, Miranda "Jane" Dickey, while in the comics, he has a younger brother named Tommy. Bill is typically depicted as a somewhat unkempt 19 year old with a slightly disheveled look. He has a youthful, expressive face with a round chin, accompanied by acne and a pair of square-rimmed glasses that, in the comics, sometimes hide his eyes. His shaggy, light brown hair is messy and unstyled. Bill usually wears casual clothing that reflects his comic book fandom, which often includes graphic t-shirts featuring popular superheroes or references to cult classic comics, though he sometimes wears a solid t-shirt. He usually pairs said shirts with jeans or chinos. His outfits are almost always highlighted by a plaid flannel shirt or plaid blazer in orange, along with a square-faced watch and high-top sneakers that resemble Converse All-Stars. In They're Dead, They're All Messed Up, his color scheme is depicted as an orange flannel, a light yellow t-shirt, brown pants, and tan and white sneakers.

In Welcome to Eltingville, like other characters, he is depicted with a more pointed chin. He wears a solid orange blazer, a light yellow t-shirt with the logo of fictional superhero Major Violence, dark blue jeans, and orange and white sneakers. In the latter section of the pilot, he switches to a white t-shirt with a red lighting bolt stylized to resemble an exclamation mark.

Personality Bill is described as an unpleasant and arrogant man-child. He has a sadistic sense of humor and an explosive temper, frequently clashing, both verbally and physically, with his fellow club members, particularly Josh Levy, but also to members of his own family. He has a hierarchical view of fandom, believing that the members of the club, but mainly himself, are the pinnacle of it, evident when he feels that he has "won" over his friends after he gets a job at a comic book store. These negative traits escalate to borderline sociopathic levels over the course of the comic.

He's shown as extremely opinionated, territorial about his interests, and prone to gatekeeping and one-upping those around him, often displaying very prejudiced views, and casually dropping homophobic and ableist slurs. As an adult in Lo, There Shall Be an Epilogue!, Bill's view on life has only worsened, becoming even more bigoted and viewing women with nerdy interests as exclusively being in it for male attention.

Bill is generally disliked by his peers, even within the Club. His fanaticism can also reach dangerous levels; in the story "This Fan, This Monster," his brief employment at Joe's Fantasy World culminates in him setting fire to the store after a power trip goes disastrously wrong.

In Welcome to Eltingville, Bill's negative qualities are somewhat toned down, as he is seen having more positive interactions with the other club members and behaving in a more leader-like manner, though ultimately he is still quite toxic.

Trivia It is mentioned that he has a pet dog in the comic. Evan Dorkin noted that the dog would be named after a character related to Bill's interests; despite this, Bill would not take care of his dog, who would be left in Jane's care. He is wholly indifferent to music.[1] According to Evan, he always saw him alone, like a toxic waste plan, a rage nerd, miserable, unapproachable in every way. Although this answer was a complement of another question, where someone asked if anyone of the club could have a romantic relationship, in his answer he responded that he never saw Jerry and Bill as a couple, although if the comic kept going, who knows. Bill's mental deterioration is more noticeable in each issue. This is especially notable in "The Intervention". In the issue Bring Me The Head of Boba Fett, Josh states that after Bill's parents divorced, his mother became an alcoholic. William Alan "Bill" Dickey is the main protagonist of the Eltingville Club comic series and it’s TV Pilot Welcome to Eltingville.

He's one of the four members and president of the titular Eltingville Comic Book Club who's obsessed with reading comics. As the series goes on, he's gradually revealed to be a unhinged sociopath whose fandom obsession leads to him committing several morally reprehensible actions, even towards his own so-called "friends".

Behavior: Is incredibly stubborn on his beliefs, incredibly misogynistic, and very bigoted, using manipulation and intimidation to get his way, often getting into physical confrontations with his friends over small things. Often calls things he doesn't like 'gay', or calls his friends homophobic slurs to get a rile out of them, and is not afraid to continue saying slurs openly to anyone. He is a virgin, and has never dated anyone before, and has internalized homophobia, believing his homosexual thoughts are 'mind manipulation', believing anything but the fact he's found a romantic and sexual interest in other men.